Finally, I've got hold of the "Plume" recording and now I can clearly understand your point, Helm. The music in this CD is very inhuman and minimalistic, which is not the case with "First Narrows", the tune you can hear in the Helm's progress video and which was something of a "base" for my piece. While listening to "Plume", I can easily imagine what type of pictures it would illustrate best -- and those would be of course much more minimalistic and involve rather industrial constructions and scapes than natural beings put against living environment.
Fidsah, it's a nice coincidence you're from Detroit. You're probably aware of the Detroit techno movement in the late 80s. From what I can gather (basing on a rudimentary knowledge and experience of the genre music), the mood of "First Narrows" is to "Plume", as Jeff Mills is to Ritchie Hawtin -- the former is much more of a DJ, the music contains much more noise, richer textures and---if I can put it in this way---colors, while the latter is very minimalistic, dead cold and almost mechanical -- and evokes mostly bleak grey colors (the "murrain" effect, as I call it).
Thanks a lot for your edit, as I've just realized what was wrong in there -- all of the four focal points were somehow occupied and that made the piece very, very busy. In your edit, the problem is partially solved -- the open space really helps it.
Okay, no time for pixel-pushing today, but tomorrow I'll get something going!
PS: Helm, if you have some time to spare, I'll gladly see your edit as well.
Regards!